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<blockquote data-quote="RyanS" data-source="post: 470568" data-attributes="member: 12948"><p>Okay, I wanted to give an update to see if I could gather any more feedback. Saw the psychiatrist today. He said he has diagnosed my 7 yo as just "unspecified anxiety" because he didn't want to give her a diagnosis yet since he doesn't know her that well (his theory was that it is easier to wait to give a diagnosis than to undo the wrong one). He put her on 10 mg citalopram. We don't have a therapist yet, he was sort of wishy-washy on the need for it at this point, but I am feeling like I shouldn't drug her with-o therapy. Is that common? We are on a waiting list for one place that is supposed to be "the best". </p><p>Also I asked about the neuropsychologist testing, which he said we could do, but didn't seem to care one way or the other. He did say it might be helpful, but would be expensive (I still need to look in to insurance). If/when we get that, should we do it before the medications?</p><p>I don't know, is this the kind of info I should have gotten? I feel barely any more informed than I did before I went to the appointment. We have the names of people who can help us figure out what to do about school and a possible social skills group, but as far as how to treat my daughter and getting her a diagnosis, we just have an rx and that's about it. We go back for a medications check in 2 weeks, but we haven't filled the rx yet.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RyanS, post: 470568, member: 12948"] Okay, I wanted to give an update to see if I could gather any more feedback. Saw the psychiatrist today. He said he has diagnosed my 7 yo as just "unspecified anxiety" because he didn't want to give her a diagnosis yet since he doesn't know her that well (his theory was that it is easier to wait to give a diagnosis than to undo the wrong one). He put her on 10 mg citalopram. We don't have a therapist yet, he was sort of wishy-washy on the need for it at this point, but I am feeling like I shouldn't drug her with-o therapy. Is that common? We are on a waiting list for one place that is supposed to be "the best". Also I asked about the neuropsychologist testing, which he said we could do, but didn't seem to care one way or the other. He did say it might be helpful, but would be expensive (I still need to look in to insurance). If/when we get that, should we do it before the medications? I don't know, is this the kind of info I should have gotten? I feel barely any more informed than I did before I went to the appointment. We have the names of people who can help us figure out what to do about school and a possible social skills group, but as far as how to treat my daughter and getting her a diagnosis, we just have an rx and that's about it. We go back for a medications check in 2 weeks, but we haven't filled the rx yet. [/QUOTE]
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